Crystal structure and in situ investigation of a mechanochemical synthesized 3D zinc N-(phosphonomethyl)glycinate

• DOI: 10.1007/s10853-017-1121-7
• Publication Date: 2017-05-03T09:23:12Z
• Authors: Manuel Wilke; Anke Kabelitz; Annett Zimathies; Klaus Rademann; Franziska Emmerling
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

The mechanochemical synthesis of the zinc N-(phosphonomethyl)glycinate Zn(O3PCH2NH2CH2CO2)·H2O (1) is presented. The structure was solved from powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data. In the three-dimensional pillared structure, the Zn atoms are coordinated tetrahedrally. In situ investigations of the reaction process with synchrotron PXRD and Raman spectroscopy reveal a two-step process including the formation of an intermediate.